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General William Schaw Cathcart, 1st Earl Cathcart KT, PC, PC (Ire) (17 September 1755 – 16 June 1843) was a British soldier and diplomat.
- Earl Cathcart
The title was created in 1814 for the soldier and diplomat...
- Earl Cathcart
The title was created in 1814 for the soldier and diplomat William Cathcart, 1st Viscount Cathcart. The Cathcart family descends from Sir Alan Cathcart, who sometime between 1447 and 1460 was raised to the Peerage of Scotland as Lord Cathcart. He later served as Warden of the West Marches and Master of the Artillery.
Alan de Cathcart's son, William de Cathcart, was one of the Scottish barons who submitted to Edward I of England and is listed on the Ragman Rolls of 1296. William was succeeded by Alan de Cathcart who was a staunch supporter of king Robert the Bruce in cause of Scottish independence.
He was advanced in July 1814 to the dignity of Earl Cathcart. On 10 April 1779, he married Elizabeth, daughter of Andrew Elliot of Greenwells, county Roxburgh, Governor of New York, and uncle of the 1st Earl of Minto, and by her had Charles Murray, Frederick (his successor and second eldest son), George, and Adolphus Frederick.
William Schaw Cathcart, I conte Cathcart (Londra, 17 settembre 1755 – Glasgow, 16 giugno 1843), è stato un generale e diplomatico britannico
CATHCART, WILLIAM SCHAW CATHCART, 1st Earl (1755–1843), English soldier and diplomatist, was born at Petersham on the 17th of September 1755, and educated at Eton. In 1771 he went to St Petersburg, where his father, Charles, 9th Baron Cathcart (1721–1776), a general in the army, was ambassador.
William Cathcart, 1st Earl Cathcart (1755-1843) was a general in the British Army. He served in the American War of Independence (1775-1783), initially with the 17th Light Dragoons. Cathcart took command of the American loyalist British Legion with the notorious Banastre Tarleton as his subordinate.
